Society For American Baseball Research
Baseball Records Committee
Lyle Spatz, Editor
February 2010
Not everything that counts is counted; not everything that is counted is worth counting.
---Albert Einstein
MOST CONSECUTIVE MULTI-HIT GAMES
For a long time, Rogers Hornsby of the 1923 Cardinals was thought to hold the record for consecutive multi-hit
games with 13. However, Trent McCotter has uncovered a 15-straight multi-hit game in 1890 by Count Campau of
the American Association’s St. Louis Browns. Campau had a mediocre season for Detroit (NL) in 1888 and played
two games for Washington (NL) in 1894, but he had a terrific season in 1890. Along with his streak, he led the
American Association with nine home runs and had the best Power-Speed figure in the league. Here is a list of all
those players with at least 10 consecutive multi-hit games.
G
15
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Player
Team
Count Campau
STL
Rogers Hornsby
STL
Paul Hines
PRO
Willie Keeler
BAL
Billy Herman
CHI
Ross Barnes
CHI
Jack Glasscock
CIN
Dan Brouthers
BOS
Jim O'Rourke
NY
Ed Delahanty
PHI
Tuck Turner
PHI
Jesse Burkett
CLE
Hugh Duffy
BOS
Ed Delahanty
PHI
Joe Jackson
CLE
Sam Rice
WAS
Paul Waner
PIT
Tony Perez
CIN
Orator Shaffer
STL
Billy Taylor
STL
Lave Cross
PHI
Billy Hamilton
PHI
Jesse Burkett
CLE
Joe Jackson
CLE
Baby Doll Jacobson STL
Clyde Barnhart
PIT
Rip Repulski
STL
Bob Nieman
BAL
Rich Dauer
BAL
Chuck Knoblauch
MIN
Bernie Williams
NYY
LG
AA
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
UA
NL
PL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
NL
NL
UA
UA
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
NL
NL
AL
AL
AL
AL
Year
1890
1923
1879
1897
1935
1876
1884
1889
1890
1894
1894
1894
1894
1896
1912
1925
1927
1973
1884
1884
1894
1894
1895
1911
1920
1927
1954
1958
1978
1996
2002
Charles “Count” Campau
MORE THAN 100 STRIKEOUTS, FEWER THAN 10 WALKS
Al Blumkin reports that Miguel Olivo of the 2003 Florida Marlins became the first
and only player to strike out more than 100 times in a season while having fewer
than 10 walks. What is even more amazing, says Al, is that four of the walks were
intentional.
TEAMS WITH MOST CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS AND LOSING SEASONS
These lists, compiled by Brian Wood with an assist from Ev Cope, show teams who have had streaks of ten or more
consecutive winning or losing seasons.
MOST CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS
MOST CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS
39
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
17
16
15
15
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
NY
BAL
CHI
NY
BOS
PIT
STL
ATL
CHI
CHI
MIL*
SF
BOS
PIT
BRO
CHI
BOS
DET
TOR
BOS
CLE
LA
CIN
PHI
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
1926-1964
1968-1985
1951-1967
1993-2009
1967-1982
1899-1913
1939-1953
1991-2005
1878-1891
1926-1939
1953-1966
1958-1971
1887-1899
1918-1930
1945-1957
1903-1914
1998-2009
1978-1988
1983-1993
1909-1918
1947-1956
1969-1978
1972-1981
1975-1984
* 1966 season was in Atlanta.
PIT
PHI
KC*
BOS
SEA
PHI
PHI
BAL
DET
MIL#
STL
STL+
CIN
BRO
BOS
WAS
TB
MON
CHC
BOS
PHI
NL
NL
AL
AL
AL
NL
AL
AL
AL
AL-NL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
AL
1993-2009
1933-1948
1953-1967
1919-1933
1977-1990
1918-1931
1934-1946
1998-2009
1994-2005
1993-2004
1930-1941
1946-1956
1945-1955
1904-1914
1903-1913
1901-1911
1998-2007
1969-1978
1953-1962
1922-1931
1915-1924
* 1953-54 seasons were in Philadelphia.
# 1993-97 in AL. 1998-2004 in NL.
+ 1954-56 season was in Baltimore.
TEAM TOTALS FOR TRIPLE PLAYS: BY AND AGAINST
Courtesy of Jim Smith. Teams are listed by current location.
National League
Team
Arizona
Atlanta
Chicago
Cincinnati
Colorado
Florida
Houston
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Washington
Extinct Clubs
Total
Years
1998-2009
1876-2009
1876-2009
1890-2009
1993-2009
1993-2009
1962-2009
1890-2009
1998-2009
1962-2009
1883-2009
1887-2009
1892-2009
1969-2009
1879-2009
1969-2009
1876-1899
By Against
2
0
39
39
40
37
29
38
2
3
1
4
9
7
21
35
2
0
9
9
33
32
36
35
37
30
7
12
42
31
11
2
36
42
270
270
American League
Team
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Minnesota
New York
Oakland
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Texas
Toronto
Total
Years
1901-2009
1901-2009
1901-2009
1901-2009
1901-2009
1969-2001
1961-2009
1969-1997
1901-2009
1901-2009
1901-2009
1977-2009
1998-2009
1961-2009
1977-2009
By Against
36
33
29
33
30
20
30
27
33
26
6
5
6
9
3
3
31
32
24
26
20
32
9
9
2
1
8
8
3
6
356
356
SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY KING KELLY AND BUCK EWING
For the past few years the newsletter has been running Walt Wilson’s lists of starts and shutouts for pitchers. We
started with Hall of Famers and continued on with other noteworthy pitchers. Walt has now looked at shutouts from the
catchers’ perspective and has begun compiling lists of shutouts caught by specific catchers. As with pitchers, we will
begin with Hall of Famers, starting with two from the nineteenth century: King Kelly and Buck Ewing.
Pitchers that had a Game Started with a catcher but no shutouts with him will not be shown. Such a list would be way
too lengthy.
SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY KING KELLY
King Kelly caught for Cincinnati (NL)
1878-79; Chicago (NL) 1880-86; Boston
(NL) 1887-89, 1891-92; Boston (PL)
1890; Cincinnati (AA) 1891; Boston
(AA) 1891; and New York (NL) 1893.
Overall, Kelly caught 583 games, 28 of which
were shutouts.
John Clarkson
Jim McCormick
Charley Radbourn
Larry Corcoran
Kid Madden
Kid Nichols
Harry Staley
Jack Stivetts
Mark Baldwin
Bobby Mitchell
John Hibbard
Total
Starts
73
53
39
36
27
24
21
18
10
9
2
Shutouts
9
5
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
28
One of Kelly's shutouts was with more
than one pitcher.
SHUTOUTS CAUGHT BY BUCK EWING
Buck Ewing caught for Troy (NL) 1880-82;
New York (NL) 1883-89, 1891-92; New
York (PL) 1890; Cleveland (NL) 189394; and Cincinnati (NL) 1895-97.
Overall, Ewing caught 636 games, 46 of which
were shutouts.
Mickey Welch
Tim Keefe
Ed Crane
John Ewing
Total
Starts
277
164
42
28
Shutouts
28
15
1
1
46
One of Ewing's shutouts was with more
than one pitcher.
MOST PRODUCTIVE PLAYERS WHO MADE THEIR DEBUTS IN THE YEARS 1976-1980
The following is a list of players who debuted in a specific year and went on to compile the highest totals in various
career categories: games, hits, home runs, etc. This list covers the top five for the years 1977-1980.
1976
Games: Andre Dawson, 2627; Dale Murphy, 2180; Willie Wilson, 2154; Garry Templeton, 2079; Alfredo Griffin, 1962
Runs: Andre Dawson, 1373; Dale Murphy, 1197; Willie Wilson, 1169; Garry Templeton, 893; Alfredo Griffin, 759
RBI: Andre Dawson, 1591; Dale Murphy, 1266; Tony Armas, 815; Jason Thompson, 782; Garry Templeton, 728
Hits: Andre Dawson, 2774; Willie Wilson, 2207; Dale Murphy, 2111; Garry Templeton, 2096; Jim Gantner, 1696
2B: Andre Dawson, 503; Dale Murphy, 350; Garry Templeton, 329; Willie Wilson, 281; Jim Gantner, 262
3B: Willie Wilson, 147; Garry Templeton, 106; Andre Dawson, 98; Andre Griffin, 74; Dale Murphy, 39; Tony Armas, 39
HR: Andre Dawson, 438; Dale Murphy, 398; Tony Armas, 251; Jason Thompson, 208; Ruppert Jones, 147
1977
Games: Eddie Murray, 3026; Lou Whitaker, 2390; Alan Trammell, 2293; Lance Parrish, 1988; Ken Oberkfell, 1602
Runs: Eddie Murray, 1627; Lou Whitaker, 1386; Alan Trammell, 1231; Lance Parrish, 856; Terry Puhl, 676
RBI: Eddie Murray, 1917; Lou Whitaker, 1084; Lance Parrish, 1070; Alan Trammell, 1003; Jeffrey Leonard, 723
Hits: Eddie Murray, 3255; Lou Whitaker, 2369; Alan Trammell, 2365; Lance Parrish, 1782; Terry Puhl, 1361
2B: Eddie Murray, 560; Lou Whitaker, 420; Alan Trammell, 412; Lance Parrish, 305; Ken Oberkfell, 237
3B: Lou Whitaker, 65; Gene Richards, 63; Terry Puhl, 56; Alan Trammell, 55; Steve Henderson, 49
HR: Eddie Murray, 504; Lance Parrish, 324; Lou Whitaker, 244; Alan Trammell, 185; Jeffrey Leonard, 144
1978
Games: Paul Molitor, 2683; Ozzie Smith, 2573; Carney Lansford, 1862; Lonnie Smith, 1613; Pedro Guerrero, 1536
Runs: Paul Molitor, 1782; Ozzie Smith, 1257; Carney Lansford, 1007; Lonnie Smith, 909; Pedro Guerrero, 730
RBI: Paul Molitor, 1307; Pedro Guerrero, 898; Carney Lansford, 874; Ozzie Smith, 793; Bob Horner, 685
Hits: Paul Molitor, 3319; Ozzie Smith, 2460; Carney Lansford, 2074; Pedro Guerrero, 1618; Bob Horner, 1488
2B: Paul Molitor, 605; Ozzie Smith, 402; Carney Lansford, 332; Lonnie Smith, 273; Pedro Guerrero, 267
3B: Paul Molitor, 114; Ozzie Smith, 69; Lonnie Smith, 58; Willie Upshaw, 45; Carney Lansford, 40
HR: Paul Molitor, 234; Bob Horner, 218; Pedro Guerrero, 215; Dwayne Murphy, 166; Carney Lansford, 151
1979
Games: Rickey Henderson, 3081; Tim Raines, 2502; Kirk Gibson, 1635; Tommy Herr, 1514; Dickie Thon, 1387
Runs: Rickey Henderson, 2295; Tim Raines, 1571; Kirk Gibson, 985; Tommy Herr, 676; Gary Ward, 594
RBI: Rickey Henderson, 1115; Tim Raines, 980; Kirk Gibson, 870; Gary Ward, 597; Tommy Herr, 574
Hits: Rickey Henderson, 3055; Tim Raines, 2605; Kirk Gibson, 1553; Tommy Herr, 1450; Gary Ward, 1236
2B: Rickey Henderson, 510; Tim Raines, 430; Kirk Gibson, 260; Tommy Herr, 254; Gary Ward, 196
3B: Tim Raines, 113; Rickey Henderson, 66; Kirk Gibson, 54; Dickie Thon, 42; Tommy Herr, 41; Gary Ward, 41
HR: Rickey Henderson, 297; Kirk Gibson, 255; Tim Raines, 170; Gary Ward, 130; Tony Bernazard, 75
1980
Games: Harold Baines, 2830; Tim Wallach, 2212; Tony Pena, 1988; Hubie Brooks, 1645; Lloyd Moseby, 1588
Runs: Harold Baines, 1299; Tim Wallach, 908; Lloyd Moseby, 869; Mookie Wilson, 731; Tony Pena, 667
RBI: Harold Baines, 1628; Tim Wallach, 1125; Hubie Brooks, 824; Lloyd Moseby, 737; Tony Pena, 708
Hits: Harold Baines, 2866; Tim Wallach, 2085; Tony Pena, 1687; Hubie Brooks, 1608; Lloyd Moseby, 1494
2B: Harold Baines, 488; Tim Wallach, 432; Tony Pena, 298; Hubie Brooks, 290; Lloyd Moseby, 273
3B: Mookie Wilson, 71; Lloyd Moseby, 66; Harold Baines, 49; Leon Durham, 40; Tim Wallach, 36
HR: Harold Baines, 384; Tim Wallach, 260; Lloyd Moseby, 169; Hubie Brooks, 149; Leon Durham, 147
Dale Murphy
Eddie Murray
Paul Molitor
Tim Raines
Harold Baines
MOST BALLPARKS HOMERED IN, SEASON
Courtesy of David Vincent
(Season before 1920)
Harry Stovey
PHI AA 1889
Harry Stovey
BOS NL 1891
Mike Tiernan
NY NL 1891
Ed Delahanty
PHI NL 1893
Bill Joyce
WAS NL 1894
Babe Ruth
BOS AL 1919
Harry Stovey
PHI AA 1884
Roger Connor
NY NL 1887
Bill Dahlen
CHI NL 1894
Ed McKean
CLE NL 1894
Sam Thompson
PHI NL 1894
Dusty Miller
CIN NL 1895
Buck Freeman
WAS NL 1899
Jesse Burkett
STL NL 1901
Sam Crawford
CIN NL 1901
Harry Lumley
BRO NL 1906
Bobby Veach
DET AL 1917
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
(Season 1920-1960)
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Jimmie Foxx
Joe DiMaggio
Buddy Lewis
Hal Trosky
Johnny Rizzo
Hal Trosky
Ted Williams
Sam Chapman
Jimmie Foxx
Charlie Keller
Pat Seerey
Ted Williams
Eddie Mathews
Willie Mays
Frank Robinson
Duke Snider
Ernie Banks
NY
NY
PHI
NY
PHI
NY
WAS
CLE
PIT
CLE
BOS
PHI
BOS
NY
CLE
BOS
MIL
NY
CIN
BRO
CHI
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
1929
1930
1931
1931
1932
1937
1937
1938
1938
1939
1939
1940
1940
1943
1946
1946
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
(Season after 1960)
Sammy Sosa
Mike Piazza
Mark McGwire*
Jeff Bagwell
Tony Batista#
Barry Bonds
Albert Pujols
Ken Griffey Jr.
Juan Gonzalez
Mark McGwire
Sammy Sosa
Jason Giambi
Andruw Jones
Jose Guillen+
David Ortiz
Ryan Howard
CHI NL
NY NL
2 Tms
HOU NL
2 Tms
SF NL
STL NL
SEA AL
TEX AL
STL NL
CHI NL
NY AL
ATL NL
2 Tms
BOS AL
PHI NL
1998
2000
1997
1999
1999
2001
2006
1998
1999
1999
2000
2003
2003
2003
2006
2006
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
*OAK (AL) and STL (NL)
ARI (NL) and TOR (AL)
+CIN (NL) and OAK (AL)
STEVE YERKES
While researching the career of
Boston Red Sox player Steve
Yerkes for SABR’s Biography
Project, Tony Bunting
discovered an error in Yerkes’
debut date. Most sources put it
at Sept. 29, 1909, when in fact it
was Sept. 16, 1909. The game
was played at the Huntington
Avenue Grounds against the
Chicago White Sox.
Both the Boston Globe and
Chicago Daily Tribune show
Yerkes playing shortstop, batting
fourth, and going one-for-four.
Yerkes did play on September
29, but he had already appeared
in two games by then. His debut
date should be changed to
September 16, 1909.
MOST GAMES WON IN A SEASON
Ted DiTullio has compiled a list of most total games
won in season by adding together wins in the Regular
Season (RS), Division Series (DS), League
Championship Series (LCS) and the World Series (WS)
to come up with a grand total.
While I’m not enamored of team or individual lists that
lump seasons that had multiple playoffs with those that
had only the World Series, I am impressed that ten of
the 22 teams here are pre-1969.
RS
DS LCS WS Total
NY
AL 1998 114
3
4
4
125
SEA
AL 2001 116
3
1
0
120
CHI
NL 1906 116
0
0
2
118
NY
NL 1986 108
0
4
4
116
BAL
AL 1970 108
0
3
4
115
CIN
NL 1975 108
0
3
4
115
PIT
NL 1909 110
0
0
4
114
NY
AL 1927 110
0
0
4
114
NY
AL 2009 103
3
4
4
114
NY
AL 1961 109
0
0
4
114
BAL
AL 1969 109
0
3
1
113
STL
NL 2004 105
3
4
0
112
CHI
NL 1907 107
0
0
4
111
NY
AL 1932 107
0
0
4
111
CLE
AL 1954 111
0
0
0
111
DET
AL 1984 104
0
3
4
111
ATL
NL 1998 106
3
3
0
111
PHI
AL 1931 106
0
0
3
110
NY
AL 1939 107
0
0
4
110
STL
NL 1942 106
0
0
4
110
ANA
AL 2002
99
3
4
4
110
NY
AL 2003 101
3
4
2
110
CATCHING DEACON PHILLIPPE AND BILL DINNEEN
Courtesy of Walt Wilson, here are the batterymates for two pitchers that between them made nine starts in the
1903 World Series. Deacon Phillippe made five starts for Pittsburgh, and Bill Dinneen made four starts for Boston.
CATCHING DEACON PHILLIPPE
CATCHING BILL DINNEEN
Deacon Phillippe pitched for Louisville (NL) 1899;
and Pittsburgh (NL) 1900-11. He made 289 starts
and threw 27 shutouts.
Bill Dinneen pitched for Washington (NL) 1898-99;
Boston (NL) 1900-01; Boston (AL) 1902-07; and St.
Louis (AL) 1907-09. He made 352 starts and threw
24 shutouts.
George Gibson
Jack O'Connor
Ed Phelps
Chief Zimmer
Heinie Peitz
Harry Smith
Mal Kittredge
Fred Carisch
Doc Powers
Tacks Latimer
Pop Schriver
Jimmy Archer
Farmer Steelman
Art Weaver
Total
Starts
66
54
49
47
19
16
11
10
8
3
3
1
1
1
289
Shutouts
5
6
7
1
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
27
All of Phillippe’s shutouts were with
one catcher.
Starts
Lou Criger
89
Mal Kittredge
34
Duke Farrell
33
Deacon McGuire
29
John Warner
27
Charlie Armbruster 21
Jim Stephens
18
Billy Sullivan, Sr. 16
Tubby Spencer
15
Boileryard Clarke
14
Pat Moran
11
Bill Carrigan
5
Charlie Graham
5
Jack Clements
4
Bob Peterson
4
Mike Roach
4
Jake Stahl
4
Joe Connor
3
Bert Blue
2
Jim Duncan
2
Art McGovern
2
Frank McManus
2
Aleck Smith
2
Syd Smith
2
Fritz Buelow
1
Dick Butler
1
Al Shaw
1
Wib Smith
1
Total
352
Shutouts
11
0
3
0
0
2
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
One of Dinneen’s shutouts was with more
than one catcher.
CATCHING RUBE WALBERG AND GEORGE EARNSHAW
Courtesy of Walt Wilson, here are the batterymates for two outstanding pitchers who were teammates on the
pennant-winning Philadelphia Athletics of 1929-1931.
CATCHING RUBE WALBERG
CATCHING GEORGE EARNSHAW
Rube Walberg pitched for New York (NL) 1923;
Philadelphia (AL) 1923-33; and Boston (AL) 193437. He made 306 starts and threw 15 shutouts.
George Earnshaw pitched for Philadelphia (AL) 192833; Chicago (AL) 1934-35; Brooklyn (NL) 1935-36; and
St. Louis (NL) 1936. He made 249 starts and threw 18
shutouts.
Mickey Cochrane
Cy Perkins
Rick Ferrell
Johnnie Heving
Gene Desautels
Ed Madjeski
Jimmie Foxx
Gordie Hinkle
Wally Schang
Lou Legett
Moe Berg
Frank Bruggy
Total
Starts
204
35
25
12
9
8
3
3
3
2
1
1
306
Shutouts
12
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
All of Walberg’s shutouts were with one catcher.
Mickey Cochrane
Ed Madjeski
Al Lopez
Ray Berres
Johnnie Heving
Wally Schang
Spud Davis
Cy Perkins
Babe Phelps
Muddy Ruel
Merv Shea
Luke Sewell
Joe Palmisano
Jimmie Foxx
Bruce Ogrodowski
Total
Starts
147
27
18
13
9
7
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
249
Shutouts
12
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
All of Earnshaw’s shutouts were with one catcher.